Gas Prices Fall Five Cents in Past Week

Gas prices in Maine have fallen by a nickel a gallon in the past week. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday that gas dropped to an average of $3.88 per gallon in Maine in the past week. Prices are now about 14 cents a gallon lower than a month ago, but 35 cents higher than a year ago. Nationally, gas prices fell about 3 cents in the past week, to an average off $3.77 a gallon.